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'''Carol Moore''' (born 1948) is an ethicist and systems theorist best known for her theories of [[secession]] and her analysis of Mahatma Gandhi's methods as an "intuitive systems theorist".<ref>Moore, C: "The Nation State Break Up" NOMOS Magazine, 1985; Carol Moore, [http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC12/Moore.htm From Empire To Ecstasy: A vision for the coming transition], In Context Magazine, Winter 1985/86, Page 47;  

Carol Moore, [http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos239.htm Consciousness and Politics], reprint at [http://sacred-texts.com SacredText.Com].</ref> She is considered a critic of the street violence tactics of some members of the [[anti-globalization]] movement.<ref>Kevin Diaz, "Puppet Show," cover story about April 16, 2000 protests, Washington City Paper, April 21-27, 2000 issue; Carol Moore, [http://www.carolmoore.net/sfm/ "The Return of Street Fighting Man"] at her web site.</ref> She is known in movements for [[separatism]] and [[secession]]. Her writings focus on governance in smaller political units.<ref>Kenneth J. Fanuchhi, "Movement Takes Hue from Greens in Germany," Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1984, interview with several green decentralist activists including Moore</ref> Moore also argues that "there is a link between sunspot activity and human tendencies to mass action and social and political change".<ref>Carol Moore, “Sunspot Cycles and Activist Strategy,” Exposure Magazine, May-June 2000.</ref><ref>Moore, Carol. [http://www.carolmoore.net/articles/sunspot-cycle.html Sunspot Cycles and Activist Strategy] at her web site. Accessed: 03-09-2008</ref> Moore is considered a [[feminist]] and a [[libertarian]].<ref>Taylor, Joan Kennedy, “Communities in Peril,” reviews of Carol Moore’s book ''The Davidian Massacre'' and Carol Moore’s introduction to reissue of Karl Hess’s book ''Community Technology'',[http://www.alf.org/alfnews/alf58.shtml Association of Libertarian Feminists Newsletter], Issue #58, Spring 1996</ref><ref>Carol Moore, [http://www.carolmoore.net/articles/johnsonreview.html "Our Husband, the State"], review of Sonia Johnson's ''Wildfire: Igniting the She!volution'', published in Association of Libertarian Feminists News, Spring 1990.</ref><ref>Exchange on Gandhi between Carol Moore and [[Murray Rothbard]], [[Libertarian Forum]], July-August 1983.</ref><ref>Brian Doherty, “Beltway Libertarians,”  [[Liberty (1987)| Liberty Magazine]], September 1998.</ref><ref>[http://www.lp.org/lpn/9808-conv-overview.html David Bergland elected National Chair as Libertarians gather for Convention], [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] News archives, August, 1998</ref><ref>Carol Moore, “Convention Diary,” [[Liberty (1987)| Liberty Magazine]], September 2002.</ref><ref>Julian Sanchez and David Weigel, [http://reason.com/news/show/124426.html Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters?], [[Reason Magazine]], January 16, 2008.</ref> She has been active in [[anti-war]] and war [[tax resistance]] movements since the late-1970s, most recently with the DC Anti-War Network.<ref>Lew Rockwell, [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=20261 Freedom vs. War], on [[WorldNetDaily]], April 1, 1999</ref><ref>Chris Ney, [http://www.commondreams.org/news2000/0710-05.htm IRS Closes Doors, Avoids Confrontation with War Tax Resisters], July 10, 2000</ref><ref>Carol Moore, [http://www.nwtrcc.org/mtap04/mtap0204.html#profile WTR Profile: My War Tax Resistance Journey], [http://nwtrcc.org National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee web site], February, 2004</ref><ref>John Hendren and Cynthia H. Cho, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0617-08.htm?PHPSESSID=d8d0641e6382a2a7c1e48399b110c0b3 War Criticism and Concerns Both Growing], originally published in Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2005</ref><ref>Meghan Clyne, [http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=20550&v=3356625911 Protesters Trail For Diatribes, Disobedience], New York Sun, September 26, 2005</ref><ref>[http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4776715&nav=0nqx Some plan to donate to charity, instead of to Uncle Sam today], Associated Press story, April 17, 2006</ref> She is author of a book on the [[Waco siege]] entitled ''The Davidian Massacre''.<ref>Carol Moore, ''The Davidian Massacre'', Legacy Communications, July 1995, ISBN 978-1880692226.  Full text online [http://carolmoore.net/waco here].</ref><ref>Larry Pratt, [http://www.gunowners.org/op9504.htm  Waco Hearings: A Rush to Judgment], 1995</ref><ref>Alex Heard, “The road to Oklahoma City: Inside the world of the Waco-obsessed right," The New Republic, May 15, 1995.</ref><ref>Dean M. Kelley review in "Roundup of Books on Waco", First Things, February 1996; Tanya Metskya, [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19410 The Waco phoenix], WorldNetDaily, September 2, 1999</ref><ref>[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/SocialIssues.html Description of "Waco Fire Storm"], May 5, 1995 ABC News Nightline episode featuring Carol Moore and others</ref><ref>Ambrose Evans-Prichard, ''The Secret Life of Bill Clinton'' Regnery Publishing (November 1997) ISBN-13: 978-0895264084 In notes he writes: "I am indebted to Carol Moore's well-documented work, ''The Davidian Massacre: Disturbing Questions About Waco Which Must Be Answered'' (1995)"</ref><ref>Fran Haga Fuller, ''Invisible Action: Proof vs. Possibility, Habeas Corpus, and Waco,'' University of North Carolina at Pembroke Carolinas Press, 2006 ISBN 1891026356, mentions Moore on 24, 26, 117.</ref> She describes herself as a "libertarian non-violent pacifist decentralist pagan hippy communalist worshiper of the goddess maryjane."<ref>http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/by_name/M/CarolMoore.html</ref>